NEWS LITE : WINNER OF MOVIE BUS LOSES TO IRS.The giveaway of a bus from the Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock movie ``Speed'' has blown up - sort of - in the face of the winner. Laurel Garces of Pacifica, Calif., can't afford to pay the taxes on the 1967 bus, one of nine that portrayed the target of a crazed bomber in the 1994 movie. The IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. is counting its $16,000 value as taxable income Under the federal tax law, gross income reduced by adjustments and allowable deductions. It is the income against which tax rates are applied to compute an individual or entity's tax liability. The essence of taxable income is the accrual of some gain, profit, or benefit to a taxpayer. . The 31-year-old student and cosmetics saleswoman also has no room to park the 40-foot bus at her oceanfront condo. Garces won the vehicle in a Fox TV phone-in contest in November. She plans to auction it. Twins born 19 days apart, to different-age mother Tracy Speakman says it was strange to be pregnant immediately after giving birth, but that's what happened when her twins were born 19 days apart. ``I had my own birthday in between, so I was 23 when I had Paige and 24 when I had Abbey,'' said Speakman. On Friday, she was able for the first time to hold both babies at once, said Ian Keeber, a spokesman at Princess Margaret Hospital There are several Princess Margaret Hospitals :
The twins are healthy but premature - they were not due until March 21 - and will remain on incubators for weeks or even months, Keeber said. Doctors are not sure whether the children are identical or fraternal twins fraternal twins pl.n. Twins that derive from separately fertilized ova and that have different genetic makeup. They may be of the same or opposite sex. . Speakman went into labor the night of Dec. 18 and Paige was born the next morning, weighing 2 pounds, 2 ounces. Then the contractions stopped. ``Abbey just decided she wasn't going to follow her sister,'' Speakman said. ``She kicked Paige out to make more room for herself and was quite comfortable remaining where she was on her own.'' Speakman's own birthday - Christmas Day - passed. On Tuesday, a scan showed the unborn child had moved sideways and doctors delivered Abbey, born at 3 pounds, by Caesarean section caesarean section: see cesarean section. . Twins are normally born at the same time or within a few hours of each other. The Guinness Book of Records lists an Italian woman who gave birth to a girl in late 1987 and had the twin girl 36 days later by Caesarean section in 1988. Naomi Judd  should be added to this article, to conform with Wikipedia's Manual of Style.Please discuss this issue on the talk page. This article has been tagged since September 2007. goes with flow Naomi Judd didn't sing, but she charmed a benefit audience with frank talk about her health, faith and motherhood. Judd, who turned 51 ``and proud of it'' Saturday, showed no sign of the potentially fatal liver disease Liver Disease Definition Liver disease is a general term for any damage that reduces the functioning of the liver. Description The liver is a large, solid organ located in the upper right-hand side of the abdomen. that drove her from country music stardom in 1991. Although she now leaves the singing to her daughter Wynonna, she is able to continue public appearances because the disease, hepatitis C Hepatitis C Definition Hepatitis C is a form of liver inflammation that causes primarily a long-lasting (chronic) disease. Acute (newly developed) hepatitis C is rarely observed as the early disease is generally quite mild. , is in remission, she said. She credits her diet, yoga, peace of mind and faith. ``If y'all don't believe in God, you're a few sandwiches short of a picnic,'' she said Thursday night. Judd strolled among tables where 500 guests paid $30 a plate for a hospital fund-raiser in Columbia, S.C., speaking lightheartedly about her early marriage and single motherhood. ``What would you do if your kid took her clothes off in a movie?'' she asked, referring to younger daughter Ashley's portrayal of Marilyn Monroe. ``It's tricky,'' Judd said. ``The most important thing is to continue to communicate.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Epic encounter Bobby Lento len·to Music adv. & adj. In a slow tempo. Used chiefly as a direction. n. pl. len·tos A lento passage or movement. , left, and Tim Weske practice their battle scene in Johnny Carson
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